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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
fats
300 cal/day increase
albumin levels
day week or month
2. Where can you get more vitamin D?
2.5 cups
protein
dairy and fortified foods
dietary approach to stop hypertension
3. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
liver and intestinal synthesis
fats
trans fatty acid
4. Name six sources of grains
prealbumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
one tspn salt or less
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
hemorrhage
2.5 cups
6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
vitamin K
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
dark green - orange - drybeans
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
500 cal/day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
9. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
transferrin
day week or month
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dark green - orange - drybeans
10. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
11. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
2.5 cups
300 cal/day increase
milk - enriched grains
12. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18-25
dairy and fortified foods
13. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
atrophy or wasting of muscle
antioxidant - immune function
dietary approach to stop hypertension
14. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fat soluble vitamins
15. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
dark green - orange - drybeans
protein
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
16. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
trans fatty acid
rickets - osteomalacia
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
17. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
18. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
carrots and sweet potatoes
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemoglobin
19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
essential amino acids
5.5 ounces/day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
20. How many calories/gram is protein?
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
diet recall
4 calories/gram
21. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
low albumin levels < 3.4
carrots and sweet potatoes
fats
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
22. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
4 calories/gram
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
cream cheese - cream or butter
transferrin
23. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
albumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
one week period
rickets - osteomalacia
24. What is normal BMI?
6 oz. a day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
3 cups
18-25
25. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
can consume more calories without weight gain
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
26. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
can consume more calories without weight gain
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dark green - orange - drybeans
27. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
decrease in total lymphocyte count
prealbumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
28. What is normal albumin levels?
18-25
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
29. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
atrophy or wasting of muscle
300 cal/day increase
prealbumin levels
protein
30. What function is vitamin A?
liver and intestinal synthesis
2 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
31. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
one week period
liver and intestinal synthesis
32. The higher the BMR a client has --
essential amino acids
dairy and fortified foods
can consume more calories without weight gain
hemorrhage
33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
transferrin
fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
34. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
18-25
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
trans fatty acid
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
35. What function is vitamin D?
2.5 cups
cream cheese - cream or butter
prealbumin levels
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
36. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
pregnant women or elderly
4 calories/gram
5.5 ounces/day
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
37. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
day week or month
vitamin K
B and C
2 cups
38. What foods have high quality protein?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
hemoglobin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
39. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
rickets - osteomalacia
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
diet recall
40. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
18-25
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
41. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
fats
300 cal/day increase
42. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
dark green - orange - drybeans
hemoglobin
milk - enriched grains
vitamin K
43. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
trans fatty acid
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
B and C
44. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
prealbumin levels
rickets - osteomalacia
carrots and sweet potatoes
18-25
45. Fats can lead to some medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
46. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
apple is higher risk than a pear
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
decrease in total lymphocyte count
47. Sources of fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2.5 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
48. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
dairy and fortified foods
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
day week or month
49. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
essential amino acids
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
albumin levels
50. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein and fat
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function